"Together
with the Wind"
(風といっしょに)
Performed by Sachiko Kobayashi & Shoko Nakagawa

Spoiler-Free Synopsis

We're
telling the whole world... It's the greatest because it's the original.

"A pure heart and a strong desire to meet"...the mythical
pokemon Mew is said to only appear before those adventurers who possess
both. Researchers from all over the world have been chasing after that
which is said to be the genesis of all pokemon until finally, one day,
a
scientist discovered a Mew fossil and dirtied his hands by crossing a
line that even God is afraid to cross.

"What is this place...Who am I..."

A legendary pokemon was dragged into this world due to man's
egotistical desire to create the strongest pokemon. That pokemon's name
is Mewtwo. Without knowing the reason
for its existence Mewtwo is subjected to experiment after experiment to
make it the strongest weapon and, during all this, begins to plot
against the humans who brought it into this world.

"And so to
the humans who gave birth to me I
will...strike back."
At long last, that perfect masterpiece will STRIKE BACK in full 3D-CG
worldwide in Summer 2019.

A collection of the various trailers, with
translations, can be found here.

An illustration contest is currently being
held. Details can be found here.

The world premiere of the movie took place
in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. on July 4th 2019. It is the
first time the Japanese verison of Pocket Monsters has been officially show in the U.S. in
the franchise's two decade history. A report on the event can be found here.

Behind the Scenes

See a collection
of all the public comments made by the film's Japanese staff here!

The September 2019 issue of CGWORLD had a
10-page feature on the animation process for the film. Read more about
it here.

Notes

The first teaser for the film premiered after the end credits of
the previous film, Pocket Monsters
The Movie "Everyone's Story," started showing in Japan on
July 13th, 2018. The pamphlet for Everyone's
Story also included a brief advertisement (below) stating that a
brand new movie will be coming in Summer 2019 (劇場版最新作2019年夏公開決定！).

This will be the second Pocket
Monsters movie in a row to debut on a Friday instead of a
Saturday.

The first poster for 2019's movie is an homage to the very first poster
made for the original Mewtwo Strikes
Back!

Movie
22 is simply referred to as "Mewtwo Strikes
Back Evolution"; the "Pocket Monsters the Movie" (or "Pokémon
the Movie") bit that usually proceeds the film's title is nowhere to be
seen in any of the promotional materials released so far.

Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution
claimed the number two spot on its opening weekend. Pixar's Toy Story 4 opened the same
weekend earning 1.38 billion yen, more than twice that of the CG Mewtwo Strikes Back! remake, to
claim the number one spot. The top three was rounded out by the live
action Aladdin remake, now in its
sixth week in theaters in Japan.

Week Two (July 20th -
21st, 2019)

2

3

1.2
billion

200K

The top
spot went to Weathering With You while Toy Story 4 and Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution fell
to 2nd and 3rd place respectively.